Abit IP45 Pro image, spec and feedback of course !

[Ace-a-Rue]

aaah, moves are made for cost cutting but the ink could be drying as we speak...my company moved to a smaller building while in financial difficulties and it was like six to twelve months later, the company was declaring bankruptcy.

[Retro]

The DDR3 board seems to have issues with Ram (P5Q3 Deluxe) I woudnt be surprised if its fixed in a revision as they dont seem to be having any luck with bios updates - Asus have a habit of doing revisions anyone remember the A8V Deluxe Revision 1 & 2? AGP/PCI locks Fix

The DDR2 board (P5Q Deluxe) is the one he seems to have bought looks to be a great motherboard, still mulling over buying one myself - do I wait for the Abit IP45 Pro for the sake of Abit uguru or get the Asus P5Q Deluxe with 2 replaceable bios chips (1 backup) & loadline calibration feature with a more mature bios.

I picked one up myself, a P5Q Deluxe (DDR2) last week. I am going to get a few Thermalright goodies for it before I replace my trusty IP-35 Pro. Good that their HR-09's fit on the Asus. I was also attracted to the socketed bios chips, a feature that the Abit had with it's one chip. It will be fun to give loadline calibration a shot, a lot of vdroop on my Abit so that may help the overclocking stability somewhat.
Let us know if you go the same route, Nelly

[Retro]

Ace, I actually have read the P5Q-Deluxe thread, well at least half of it. I am not getting the DDR3 version and like Nelly said, the DDR2 board is working fine. The loss of OC Guru is fine as I didn't use it much any way and there are other ways to do basically the same things anyway. I just picked up an early model 8400 and this looks like the board to put it in. There may be better but not in this price range. And if I want to use my Quad it will handle the power way better than my IP35-Pro has. Nothing against Abit, I love my Pro board. And lets face it, as most others around here do, if it doesn't work out, buy another.

Well said

[Devastation]

[QUOTE]

Sorry to give you bad news, but abit is going out of business

i spoke to abit tec in the Netherlands thay said thay are not going out of business it is just another rumour.the IP45 is out with in the next two weeks IX48-MAX may be canned because of the IX58-MAX he said that head office as not confirmed it yet we will see what goes on that is his words ? also i have found on the IP45-PRO on advanctec.co.uk i don't know if it is instock

http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/ABIT_775.html

[loonym]

[QUOTE=Devastation;3189556]

i spoke to abit tec in the Netherlands thay said thay are not going out of business it is just another rumour.the IP45 is out with in the next two weeks IX48-MAX may be canned because of the IX58-MAX he said that head office as not confirmed it yet we will see what goes on that is his words

Yeah ok This has all been heard before. The first post in this thread said first week of July. That came and went and we got a third party excuse that pushed it to

mid-July.

Then various people stating end of July-beginning of August.
Any statements made by anyone at this point about when or if this comes to market should be greeted with 'show me'.

[chatmaster]

This board is taking so long. Not going to happen.

So long Abit, its been nice.

[philbrown23]

yeah it's just one delay after another at this point, looks like I am no longer waiting, you dropped the ball big time on this one abit!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Yeah ok This has all been heard before. The first post in this thread said first week of July. That came and went and we got a third party excuse that pushed it to
Then various people stating end of July-beginning of August.
Any statements made by anyone at this point about when or if this comes to market should be greeted with 'show me'.

no kidding

i couldn't wait any longer...i decided to go over to the Biostar TPower I45 board...it has a record for the highest FSB; probably on DICE or LN2

i give it a work over to see, and by the time i'm finished with it, the IP45 Pro will possibly make it to the street!...i love to dream!

[ThugsRook]

i hope Abit comes thru with something, anything at this point.

[Ace-a-Rue]

actually, i want to see them survive also...the IP35 Pro has been a "Stud" among the P35 boards!

[chatmaster]

I want them to survive and bring back their vintage best!

I'm also a realist, if they cant come to market with these its good night. shame.

[dctokyo]

[QUOTE=Devastation;3189556]

i spoke to abit tec in the Netherlands thay said thay are not going out of business it is just another rumour.the IP45 is out with in the next two weeks IX48-MAX may be canned because of the IX58-MAX he said that head office as not confirmed it yet we will see what goes on that is his words ? also i have found on the IP45-PRO on advanctec.co.uk i don't know if it is instock

http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/ABIT_775.html

Have you been keeping up with the news of abit boards????

The IX38-Max was canned because of the IX48-MAX coming out, so now you tell me that the IX48-MAX is being canned because of the IX58-MAX coming out Well I have news for you, the IX58-MAX will be canned because of the IX68-MAX coming out and then the IX68-MAX will be canned because of the IX78-MAX coming out and so-on and so-on...... all I am hearing from the abit marketing department is BS
and now before someone from the abit forums chimes in here and says that I sound like a broken-record. all I am doing is stating the facts that I have heard here in Japan....... and don"t worry, will not be posting on the abit forums anymore, I have move over to Asus, really got tried of vapor-motherboards that never or will come out from abit

[tarantul]

[QUOTE=dctokyo;3191774]

Well I have news for you, the IX58-MAX will be canned because of the IX68-MAX coming out and then the IX68-MAX will be canned because of the IX78-MAX coming out and so-on and so-on...... all I am hearing from the abit marketing department is BS

LOL

[Lvcoyote]

[QUOTE=dctokyo;3191774]

and now before someone from the abit forums chimes in here and says that I sound like a broken-record.

Sorry I'm late..... but you do sound like a broken record.....

[LogAn'sRun]

[QUOTE=Devastation;3189556]

i spoke to abit tec in the Netherlands thay said thay are not going out of business it is just another rumour.the IP45 is out with in the next two weeks IX48-MAX may be canned because of the IX58-MAX he said that head office as not confirmed it yet we will see what goes on that is his words ? also i have found on the IP45-PRO on advanctec.co.uk i don't know if it is instock

http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/ABIT_775.html

mm, here they said available back in july, and then it was changed to end of july, then shifted into august and now it says the 15th with approximately 20 boards on the way in. . .

Sure.

After reading about all the layoff's, I'm guessing that they just move whatever stock they have left, and then quietly slip outta the mobo market.

[Ace-a-Rue]

it is a no win situation for abit...once they start laying off across the board, the writing is literally on the walls in regards to them extracting themselves out of the enthusiasts mobo market....they might do generic mobo's for system makers...that coud be a possibility!

[Nelly]

Not exactly the same but I worked for a company that reduced the workforce as part of restructuring also selling a branch that wasnt doing much business.

When a company goes into administrative recievership even the directors will basically lie to your bare face, as they are told by administrators not to say anything till an announcement is actually made even on the actual day itself, they carry on as if everything is normal.

All I'm saying is with this speculation, it woudnt surprised if within a year or two time that Abit will be nothing more than what was in terms of being a motherboard manufacturer.

Look at Soyo moved into other areas & ceased motherboard manufacture, also Soltek just disapeared without trace & Epox ceased trading but formed a new company Supox.

I hope it doesnt happen, but I've had the experiance of this happening twice to me before as an employee for two companys.

Also in light of the lack of motherboards being released it does look like the workforce as been reduced, I don't really buy the reduction in bios engineers as the sole reason.

Plus all the Bull**** of motherboards being released on dates - yeah right!

Looking forward to the next few weeks, Intel price drops meaning I buy my new rig & P45 motherboard, too bad Abit have left it way too late even for me so I'll have to purchase from another manufacturer.

[Ace-a-Rue]

you want a good motherboard for the PRICE and PERFORMANCE?...buy a Biostar TPower I45..i have one right now and it is GREAT!...supposedly, it was reported that some of Abit's engineers went over to Biostar....

My Biostar thread: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=196973

[Nelly]

you want a good motherboard for the PRICE and PERFORMANCE?...buy a Biostar TPower I45..i have one right now and it is GREAT!...supposedly, it was reported that some of Abit's engineers went over to Biostar....

My Biostar thread: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=196973

I wish I could as I've been struggling to find an e-tailor in the UK that sells it over the last few weeks not keen on the idea of purchasing the motherboard from Europe. Would rather be protected by UK Consumer Laws, if anything goes wrong.

[Ace-a-Rue]

do you want me to see how much it would cost to send you one from here?

[Nelly]

do you want me to see how much it would cost to send you one from here?

Would be interested to see cost, works out around £122 ($237) inc shipping from Belgium.

[Ace-a-Rue]

@Nelly..check your PM inbox

[Devastation]

[QUOTE=Lvcoyote;3194438]

Sorry I'm late..... but you do sound like a broken record.....

don't shoot the messenger i just give the info that abit tec tells me anyway i have got feed up with waiting for abit so i have gone for an Asus Rampage Extreme Intel X48 the link is in Chinese but good pics of the board on nordichardware.com ASUS R.O.G. Rampage Extreme reaches 710MHz FSB and 2516MHz memory frequency


http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.php?tid=11417#zoom

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7931.html

[NKD]

Honestly, I fricking loved my ip-35 pro, probably the best board I ever tried, and I really mean when I say that, it was stable as a rock, and overclocked like hell, I would grab the ip-45 in a heart beat, actually abit made a future customer out of me, but one can only wait so long, I really don't get why they would just exit out, I thought they sold quite a few ip-35 and ix-38 mobos, I actually seriously think that they might just be done and stepping out.

[Red Evil]

I heard it will come this week, maybe someone can confirm or deny :P